Is heading the ball the key? World Sports: Barcelona’s ability to top the ball is better than Real Madrid’s, or it may be a winning weapon against the enemy
6686 Sports, October 26th The first national derby of this season will start at 23:15 tonight. According to the "Daily Sports" report, Barcelona has performed better than Real Madrid in aerial confrontations this season and has become one of the teams with the most overhead goals in La Liga.
Flick's team scored 24 goals in the first 9 rounds of the league, 5 of which came from top goals (Lewandowski 2 goals, Konde, Araujo, Rafinha 1 goal each), and in Real Madrid, only Guler scored 1 top goal.
On the defensive end, Barcelona has also performed steadily and has not conceded any overhead goals so far, while Real Madrid has conceded 4 goals from high-altitude goals: Muric (Real Mallorca), Ayon (Levente), Lenormand (Atletico Madrid) and Serlot (Atletico Madrid).
However, Barcelona will lose their strong top players Lewandowski and Christensen at the Bernabeu in this campaign, and Araujo may also sit on the bench. Nevertheless, "World Sports" pointed out that this data may become a potential weapon for Basak's enemies to win.
